Personalized Tree of Life Lap Quilt

Do you see the special personalization in this gift handmade quilt? (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Personalized Tree of Life Lap Quilt

This reminds me of some of those online quizzes asking do you see what is different in this photo? Like if you do but don’t give it away.

Over the years, many customers have had us add custom embroidery to our ready to ship quilts such as Spring Tree of Life quilt and this Winter Tree of Life version. From names, special dates, locations and dedications including favorite Bible verses, custom embroidery easily personalizes a handmade quilt.

In most cases, the custom embroidery is of names and a special date, usually in Zapf Chancery font, in a complimentary thread color. I usually recommend picking a thread color that stands out so the custom embroidery becomes the quilt feature.

Custom embroidery adds a dedication towards the quilt bottom. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

Have you found it yet?

This particular handmade quilt had an added feature. Here’s a hint, it’s in the tree leaves.

Two embroidered cardinals were added to tree limbs. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)

The customer had us add two red birds to the tree limbs. Being from Missouri, we added Missouri native red cardinals.

Another way to personalize this handmade quilt would have bene to add individual family names in each one of the leaves.

Such a simple way to make this handmade quilt unique and special!

Charlotte

Personalized Blue Blocks Quilt Throw

One way to personalize a handmade quilt is to add names in each of the blocks.

Personalized Blue Blocks Quilt Throw

It is one thing to talk about a custom personalized quilt but I know it is more helpful to see examples. This is a custom personalized quilt throw we made as a gift that included the names of all family members along with military insignias and a pink breast cancer ribbon.

This is one of the reason why we offer a variety of handmade quilts and throws with blocks, it gives you several options to add custom embroidery, such as ribbon flower garden throw.

In this example, not all blocks were filled but they were centered through the available blocks to keep a pattern to the throw.

Blue Blocks handmade quilt throw custom embroidered blocks.

Names and dates hold very special memories, as do military service. One way to mark that contribution is to add the seal of the particular service in custom embroidery:

Custom embroidered Navy emblem to mark military service on this special quilt throw.

One more special touch to this handmade quilt, a tribute to surviving breast cancer:

Custom embroidered breast cancer ribbon as part of this personalized handmade quilt throw.

There are many other things that could have been added to this handmade quilt throw but these were the final ones included.

Names and military symbols could have been included in the same quilt block, and several names could have been included in one quilt block to represent one family.

I though this one turned out well as designed.

Charlotte